Chapter 146: Chapter 134: Alien Race Traces
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Taming wild wolves requires controlling them, taming them one by one.
Rather than having a member of the Wolfhoof Tribe’s wildmen face the entire pack directly.
The Hunting Team’s responsibility is to create these one-on-one opportunities for the wildmen, which means capturing isolated Desert Wolves, but they must not harm these wolves.
The Hunting Team must strive to keep the wolves intact.
Rein led the Hunting Team straight towards the Wilderness Hills on the western side of Black Pine Ridge.
The snow on the south-facing slopes of the hills in winter is shallow, with long hours of sunlight, exposing large areas of wild grass, attracting deer, wild rabbits, and other herbivores to forage.
Wolves often appear in such places to hunt these small animals.
By examining the dung traces in the wild and the remains left after the Desert Wolves hunt animals, they carefully identified the wolves’ activity areas and then set numerous traps nearby.
During winter, food is scarce, and wild wolves also endure the torment of hunger, making survival difficult.
Therefore, by setting down food and traps, any wolf passing by is hard-pressed to escape.
The Hunting Team took less than three days to successfully capture five Desert Wolves for the Wolfhoof Leader and his people.
Of course, the Hunting Team couldn’t let their guard down.
After capturing the Desert Wolves, they had to fend off retaliatory attacks from the pack and transport the wolves in cages back to their outdoor base.
It’s unavoidable to patrol outside in winter, but sleeping outdoors is a very painful experience.
Early winter might be manageable, but deep winter in the Northern Wasteland can freeze people to death.
Therefore, the Hunting Team usually has some hidden bases in the mountains and wilds.
Some are caves, while others are yards built in the forest.
Once the Desert Wolves are captured, the rest is the task of the Wolfhoof Leader and his men.
The wildmen might not succeed in taming them on the first try.
Each wolf has a different personality, and these wildmen may need multiple attempts to achieve a breakthrough.
"It’s been three days, and we’ve captured five wolves for you, yet none of your three have succeeded in taming them."
By the fire in the cabin, Rein gazed at the Wolfhoof Leader and his people, his tone calm yet laced with disappointment.
"I’ll capture two more wolves for you, if you can’t tame them, I’ll have to report back to the Lord."
After speaking, Rein signaled Us to translate his words to the Wolfhoof Leader.
The Wolfhoof Leader was not discouraged by Rein’s words, his gaze firm,
"We’ve made progress these past few days."
He explained calmly, "Although these five Desert Wolves have not been fully tamed, they no longer initiate attacks on us."
"The reason they don’t want to submit or view us as partners is because we haven’t conquered their alpha wolf."
"We must capture that alpha wolf and even tame it to reach an agreement with the whole pack, thereby taming these Desert Wolves."
Us translated this for Rein after hearing it.
Rein nodded thoughtfully.
These wildmen claimed they understood wolf language, could communicate with the Desert Wolves, and had a natural affinity with them.
Over the past few days, the Wolfhoof Leader and his people were responsible for maintaining the captured Desert Wolves.
Rein had also witnessed the changes in those five Desert Wolves.
—From their initial frenzied barking to now quietly eating the meat provided by the Wolfhoof Leader.
From Rein’s past experience, it’s usually impossible to establish a relationship with Desert Wolves in such a short time.
After all, the identity of the Hunters and their trap-setting behavior naturally provoke strong hostility from the wolves.
This unexpected situation does somewhat align with what the Wolfhoof said.
"Alright, we’ll try to help you catch that alpha wolf."
The Hunting Team had only driven the pack away before, without causing them much harm.
For the skilled Hunting Team, hunting a small pack presents no technical difficulty.
The real challenge is capturing them alive without injuring their limbs, as injuries that don’t heal would lead to disability, rendering even a tamed wolf of no practical value.
To capture the alpha wolf intact, very tight traps must be set, as any slight disturbance would cause them all to leave.
The Hunting Team could capture other Desert Wolves, but capturing the alpha wolf was challenging.
This gave Rein a slight headache, pondering how to devise a plan that would have the entire wolf pack willingly submit.
"Father, the medical kit given by the Lord contains a pain relief medication,"
Alya, upon learning of Rein’s worries, took the initiative to introduce, "I remember mother said that if the dosage of that medication is especially large, it could numb or even put a person into a coma."
"That medication acts very slowly, if we inject it into a whole prey, could the Wolf King be caught by it?"
Luo De had set standards for military field medical kits, ensuring each team was equipped with hemostatic and anti-infection medications, as well as essential items like bandages and pain relief medications for wound treatment.
Luo De had also taught each team member how to recognize and use these medications, so everyone was quite familiar with them.
Later these responsibilities were assigned to Luna, who often explained these medications’ functions and related knowledge to the soldiers.
As Luna’s daughter, Alya naturally knew more than others.
"That’s actually a good idea,"
Rein’s eyes lit up.
The alpha wolf often has priority access to prey in the pack, especially when prey is scarce.